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September 2015

September 22, 2015

British footballer or ISIS Bride

Last week as I perused through Twitter, an article in the Guardian caught my attention....

August 2015

August 11, 2015

Muslimahs with disabilities need to you hold the lift door, not gawk at their mobility aids

A Singaporean news channel produced a series of Youtube videos featuring selected athletes with disabilities,...

August 03, 2015

Muslim Basketball Players Design Own Outfits And You Won’t Believe What Happens Next!

A community basketball team in Cedar-Riverside Minneapolis, consisting of young Somali girls, made the news...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

France’s Jessica Houara

This article, co-authored by Laurent Dubois (@soccerpolitics) and MMW's Shireen Ahmed, previously appeared in Sports...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Sports Hijab Industry Wins – Or Does It?

Women’s athletic wear has become a billion dollar business. Designers and sportswear companies such as...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Muslim Women in Sports Media: Is It Still Progress if No One Cares?

On September 16, 2014, basketball’s international governing body, FIBA, announced it would be allowing headcoverings...

May 2014

May 20, 2014

Speed Sisters: Racing to Fight Occupation

“Breaking-barriers”, “challenging ideas”, and “crashing stereotypes” are just some of the words used to describe...

April 2014

April 09, 2014

The Bee and the Butterfly

This post was originally published at wood turtle. This woman is my hero. I’m not...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Grey Zones of #letsamahplay

Crossposted from Tumblr. I have been sent @DivineDavis’ recent popular tweet - complete with the...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

Challenging Stereotypes: Part I

This post was originally published at wood turtle. This is the third post in my...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Open Letter to Daphne Bramham on Women’s Soccer… and Burqas

I recently penned a letter to a Canadian journalist whose article was sent to me...

November 19, 2013

A Muslimah’s Guide to Rocking the World

Growing up as a queer-identified South Asian Muslimah and a survivor of domestic violence, I’ve...

September 2013

September 18, 2013

Journey: Dialogue Between WoC Muslimah and Two White Women Working in Africa

*WARNING: POSSIBLE CAVITY-INDUCING PIECE* I have a tale to tell. It’s a story about a...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Hijab in Sport and Unhelpful Media Biases

This post was written by guest contributor Shireen Ahmed (@_shireenahmed_). One of the most exciting aspects...

February 2013

February 05, 2013

World Hijab Day: Everyone’s Favourite Dress-Up Day

This post was written by guest contributor Shireen Ahmed. A version of this post was...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

Sania Mirza: A Pride or Disgrace to Indian Muslims

Sania Mirza is a source of pride in India. She is the first Indian woman...

August 2012

August 05, 2012

In the Name of the Game(s) – Muslim Female Athletes at the 2012 London Olympics

The 2012 London Olympics have had a strong focus on women: for the first time...

July 2012

July 16, 2012

The Right to Play or Creeping Sharia? FIFA Overturns its Headscarf Ban

FIFA has overturned its headscarf ban, enforced since 2007, on women playing soccer with their...

July 05, 2012

Saudi Women’s Right to Kick Balls

With the summer Olympics fast approaching (and truly, what place says summer better than London),...

July 03, 2012

Kosovo’s Athletes at the London Olympics

While there has been much publicity about whether Saudi Arabia will send any female athletes...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

Maria Toor Pakay vs. the World

In a 2010 television interview, quoted in a more recent article (I was not able...

April 2012

April 05, 2012

Fashion Designers, How Not to Study Gender, and More on Iran’s Women Ninjas

An eclectic round-up of some articles of interest elsewhere on the internet: A Muslim participant...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

Watching Muslimah Olympic Athletes, Past and Present

Recently, BBC’s Sporting Witness and NPR’s Tell Me More featured interviews with prominent Muslimah athletes. ...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

MMW 2011 Year in Review: Head Coverings and Head-Shaking

As 2011 draws to a close, we at MMW are looking back at our year...

December 13, 2011

An Update of Sorts on the Sura al-Shawk Case

Almost a year ago, for my very first MMW post, I wrote about Sura al-Shawk,...

June 2011

June 27, 2011

Right 2 Wear: Muslim Women in Sports

The world of hijabs and soccer (or football, if you prefer) has been making the...

June 03, 2010

Power Laced with Femininity: Stereotypes and Female Bodybuilders

Becca Swanson, bodybuilder, power-lifter, and pro-wrestler (who has been called "The Strongest Woman on the...

February 2010

February 02, 2010

More Than Just a Game: The Right to Wear a Scarf and Play Sports

Yet another Muslim woman has been denied the right to play sports while wearing a...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

Score One for the BBC!

A couple of weeks of ago, the BBC featured a story on Kurdish women football...

April 08, 2009

Random WTF – Financial Times Edition

Last Friday, the Financial Times covered the "richest race meeting in the world", the 2009...